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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Dierk Kaller, Schoenaich, DE;
Willi Recktenwald, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Gerhard Ruehle, Sindelfingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly for mounting elongated electrical contact elements to an integrated circuit package or printed circuit board. The assembly comprises a a base plate having a first surface and a multiplicity of recesses aligned with each other in the first surface. Each of the recesses is sized and configured to receive a respective one of the contact elements. The assembly also comprises first and second spaced apart supports extending from the base plate. The assembly also comprises first and second rods received by the first and second supports and supported parallel to each other. The first and second rods define an intervening slot aligned with the recesses. The assembly also comprises a multiplicity of the contact elements. One end of each of the contact elements is received in a respective one of the recesses. The contact elements are engaged by the first and second rods, whereby the contact elements are held in their respective recesses. The rods are removable from the first and second supports to permit the contact elements to be removed from the base plate.